Soundtracks
One thing I haven’t talked about much is music’s role in writing.
Retcons
Drawing from the Well Queries Sent: 0Total Queries: 20Rejections: 3 Scenes Mapped: 7Total Scenes: 281 I'm getting in a bad habit of not sending as many queries as I want. I need to get back on that today. In Victoryland, though, I'm continuing to make progress on the...
Trope: Meditation Powerup
Today, we’re covering a trope that counters the aggressive powerups in a lot of movies and especially in anime. This is the Meditation Powerup.
Scene Structure: Dilemma & Decision
In previous posts, I’ve talked about every other aspect of the scene cycle: Goal, Conflict, Disaster, and Reaction. The pivotal part of the cycle, though, has escaped my analysis and advice, though: the Dilemma and Decision portions. I’m writing one combined post on these two pieces because they are inextricably tied.
Happiness Revisited
I’ve always measured success by completed reports and projects. That just isn’t going to cut it now. If I stay in that lane, I will feel like an utter failure every single day because I’m going to have so little time to work on much of anything. My job now is to direct operations within my department and work on more macro items like department guidance. How does this relate to writing?